A Curly Girl's Guide to Taming Your Tresses

ByJohanna Ferreira,SELF magazine

After years of fighting to straighten my curls, I've finally learned to embrace them. But even so, it's still a challenge to find the right products to leave my curls smooth, soft and frizz-free.

We took at trip to Devachan Salon in SoHo (they specialize in working with curls) to celebrate Lorraine Massey's [Founder of Devachon Salon and Devacurls products] new book, Curly Girl: The Handbook. I got an awesome tutorial on taming my curls!

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Devachan Salon stylist, Joseph Borokhov showed me what products to use and how to style my hair and the steps were as simple as can be.

1. Joseph cleansed my hair massaging it in a circular motion using the Devacurl No-Poo Cleanser followed by One Conditioner (conditioner).

2. He then detangled my hair using his fingers ONLY (towels only encourage frizz!) and squeezed out the excess moisture by scrunching my curls. "The secret is not to touch your hair while it's drying. Make sure the hair is 100% dry first by diffusing your hair or let it dry naturally without disturbing the curl", says Joseph.

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3. He tilted my head forward and applied an even distribution of AnGel, glazing my curls and distributing the product evenly. Once my hair was completely dry, he flipped my hair forward (upside down) and started to scrunch my dried curls in order to break the crystallized curl cast.

The result was soft, shiny and frizz-free curls! So ladies, what do you think? Share your curly tips!

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